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Let the bidding begin: Euronet launched a rival, unsolicited $1 billion
Joining the T-team: James Donovan, a veteran Goldman Sachs executive, was one of six peoople nominated for Treasury posts. Donovan was tapped as deputy secretary, the agency's No. 2 official. Others named include former Bear Stearns Chief Economist David Malpass as undersecretary for international affairs, economist Adam Lerrick for international finance, and Sigal Mandelker, a former Justice Department official, for terrorism and financial intelligence.
Trump's busy day: President Trump also nominated J. Christopher Giancarlo to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Giancarlo is "expected to adopt a more industry-friendly approach than his predecessors during the Obama administration."
Delinquent: The number of Americans delinquent on federal student loans continues to grow. The U.S. Education Department said the number of borrowers who are at least
Wall Street Journal
Joining the crowd: Investment consultant Cambridge Associates, which advises endowments, foundations and pensions on which firms they should hire to invest their money, is
Unbridled enthusiasm: Consumers and small businesses have become more confident about the country's economic prospects since late last year. Now the big boys have climbed on board. The Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index jumped more than 19 points in the first quarter to 93.3, the largest one-quarter rise in the index since the fourth quarter of 2009. "I am enthusiastic about the opportunity to enact a
Financial Times
Not yet ready for prime time: Nothing new comes easy, and that seems to be true for bitcoin. "The idea that bitcoin, the epitome of monetary counterculture, could be integrated into financial society, is
New York Times
Higher standard?: "The Environmental Protection Agency does not spend a lot of time worrying about the ethics of oil refiners or power utilities. It just regulates their emissions," notes David Zaring, an associate professor of legal studies at the Wharton School. "So
Washington Post
Double standard?: A new research paper from Stanford University and the University of Chicago says that men in the financial industry are
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